Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-08-26
ALLAN QUARTERNAIr.
A BROWNING CITY.

Miss Flossie came up and took me of to
see her collection of flowers African lii
ums, and blooming shrubs, some Of which
are very beautiful, many of the varieties
being quite unknown to me, and also,
believe to botanical science. | asked her
if she had ever seen or heard of the "Goya
lily, which Central African explorers have
told me they have occasionally met with,
and whose wonderful lOyeliness has filled
them with establishment. This lily, which
the natives say blooms only once in ten
years, fourishes in the most arid soil
Compared to the size Of bloom the bulb
is small, generally weighing about four
pounds As for the flower itself (Which
afterward first saw under circumstances
likely TO impress its appearance fiXcdly IL
my mind, l know not how to describe its
beauty and splendOr or the indescribabI"
sweetness Of its perfume. The flower, for
it only has one bloom, rises from the crown
OF the bulb on n thick, hcshy, and fiat
sided stem land the specimen that ! saw
measured fourteen inches in diameter, and
Is somewhat trumpet shaped, Ike the
bloom Of an ordinary "lOngiilDrum-' set
vertically. First there is the green sheath,
which, in its early stage, Is not unlike that
Of a watcr-lily, but which, as the bloom
opens, splits into four portions and curls
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realized how, even a flower there dwclls
the majesty Of its Maker. 70 my great de.
light Miss Flossir told me that she knew
the flower well, and had tried to grow it in
her garden. but without success, adding,
however, that, as it should be in bloom
nj this time Of the year she thought that
she could procure me a specimen
After that fell TO asking her if she was
not lonely up here among all these savage
people, and without any companions Of her
own age.
"Loucly2" she said. con, indeed no, /
am rs happy as the day is long, and, be
sides, have my own companions. Why,
should hate To be buried IN crowd OF
white girls all just like myself, so that no
body could tell tho difference. Here, she
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towering nearly twenty thousand feet into
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ing between earth and heaven, and based
upon the clouds. Tho solemn majesty and
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yohd the power oil my poor pen To descrlbe.
mere II rose, straight and shcer-a gut
tefihs Whlto glory, Its crest piercing the
very Duo ol heaven NS gaZed ut 1t there
WIN that littie girl, felt my whole heart
NV up with an understandable emotion, and
i"r moment great ana wonderful thoughts
seemed 10 break upon my mind, even rs
'h' arrow OF inc setting sun were breaking
"'' Nch,a SHOWS. Mr. NackehMe ma
'lNrS 'hi inc mountain the ringer OF
''ea' ana l" me 1t did seem eloquent of
immortal peace, and of the pure, high calm
lla' surely lcs above THIS teVered world
somewhere had heard Il line of poetry,
"A thing OF beauty is n JOY forever"
and now if rome into INV mind and for
the first timc tbnr,,i,rbI,- understood
what tho poet meant I}asc inJccJ would
be tho man who could look mon that